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Paperfly Buzz from On The Wall Since: Jun, 2022
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#1: Apr 14th 2024 at 7:42:52 AM

I feel that the current image for Didn't Think This Through is too reliant on the caption, and I'd like to suggest an alternative from Battle for Dream Island, which I feel illustrates the trope better, especially with the second panel.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/didntthinkthisthrough_1.png

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#5: Apr 14th 2024 at 4:21:49 PM

Is it an example, though? Didn't Think This Through is about plans, where there is a gaping flaw the characters (and audience) failed to acknowledge. OP is just a comical screw-up. I suppose you could argue that the current isn't an example either, but I think it's reasonably comprehensible, so I'm not convinced to pull it.

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Drope Since: Oct, 2012
#6: Apr 14th 2024 at 4:28:20 PM

[up]I sorta agree. Everything from what I'm seeing here involves a plan of some sort. So both the suggestion and the current aren't ideal.

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#7: Apr 14th 2024 at 4:47:25 PM

From that infamous story about Joker's boner.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jokers_boner_of_the_century.png

Edited by Drope on Apr 14th 2024 at 4:59:39 AM

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#8: Apr 14th 2024 at 5:09:40 PM

[tup] 7

I'm just a psycho, babe! Come and go out my mind. I didn't lose it, babe! There wasn't much to find.
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#11: Apr 14th 2024 at 6:00:55 PM

[up][tup]

In battle, we are reborn.
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#14: Apr 14th 2024 at 10:14:54 PM

7[tup]

The Joker once again shows us how big his boners can get.

Edited by KoshaVinka on Apr 14th 2024 at 7:17:32 PM

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Paperfly Buzz from On The Wall Since: Jun, 2022
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#16: Apr 15th 2024 at 12:37:50 AM

[tup] to 7

So if my suggestion isn't Didn't Think This Through for not being a poorly thought out plan, then what trope would it fall under?

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#17: Apr 15th 2024 at 2:57:59 AM

7, pending other suggestions due to source overusage.

Kaito is an alien and he is kinda spacey, coming from the universe to party and go crazy!
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#19: Apr 15th 2024 at 1:01:59 PM

[tdown]7 is way overly texty. OP works without any text, so that's better.

The universe is under no obligation to make sense to us.
Drope Since: Oct, 2012
#20: Apr 15th 2024 at 2:58:58 PM

[up]OP is unillustrative considering the trope's definition.

Edited by Drope on Apr 15th 2024 at 2:59:27 AM

GracieLizzy Since: Dec, 2012
#21: Apr 15th 2024 at 3:27:40 PM

7 does have that early comics "lets make the speech bubbles really long so we don't have to draw as much" issue.

How about:

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1000009232.png

3 of 6: https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20041103#.Vv0-AeIrLIU

Edited by GracieLizzy on Apr 15th 2024 at 11:28:43 AM

Drope Since: Oct, 2012
#22: Apr 16th 2024 at 2:46:50 AM

[up]I don't feel like the mistake is as obvious there. It's less incompetence from the villains and more competence from the victim.

Again, the trope is about plans with a glaring flaw that should have been picked up earlier by the participants, but wasn't for whatever reason.

Edited by Drope on Apr 16th 2024 at 2:51:50 AM

GracieLizzy Since: Dec, 2012
#23: Apr 16th 2024 at 3:12:31 AM

[up] The incompetence is Zeetha's she killed everyone who captured her but now has no clue where they took her and how to get home.

Drope Since: Oct, 2012
#24: Apr 16th 2024 at 2:41:34 PM

[up]It's still a bit hard to follow. And it stil relies on plenty of text (to be fair, this trope inevitably needs text anyway).

Edited by Drope on Apr 16th 2024 at 2:41:49 AM

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#25: Apr 16th 2024 at 10:49:55 PM

21 > 7 > Current > 1

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